The Search
Everybody agrees MGM's The Search is a wonderful motion picture!
- 1948
- Rated NR
- 1h 44m
- Drama
Rating: 7.1 out of 10TMDB(89 votes)
Overview
In postwar Germany, a displaced Czech boy, separated from his family during wartime, is befriended by an American GI while the boy's mother desperately searches for him.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won 3 awards, including the Oscar for Best Story (1949) and the Golden Globe for Best Film Promoting International Understanding (1949)
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Nominations
3 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best Director (1949)
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Box office
Made on a $250K budget
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Filming locations
Filmed in Germany and Nuremberg
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Setting
Set in Germany
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Music
Music by Robert Blum
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Emil Berna
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Richard SchweizerScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 26, 1948
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- Switzerland, United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
Montgomery CliftRalph Stevenson
Ivan JandlKarel Malik aka 'Jim'/'Jimmy'
Aline MacMahonMrs. Murray
Wendell CoreyJerry Fisher
Jarmila NovotnáHannah Malik
Mary PattonMrs. Fisher- Ewart G. MorrisonMr. Crookes
Leopold BorkowskiJoel Markowsky- Claude GambierRaoul Dubois
- William RogersTom Fisher
Fred ZinnemannInterpreter (uncredited)
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